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Anna Q. Nilsson

Mar 30, 1888 - Feb 11, 1974 (85 years old) in Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

Anna Quirentia Nilsson was a Swedish-born actress who achieved success in American silent movies. Starring in some 200 feature films. The first Swedish actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1905, she had earned enough for a ticket across the Atlantic. In New York she was discovered on a thriving avenue by the famous portrait painter James Carroll Beckwith and soon she was New York's highest paid model. In 1907 she was named America's most beautiful woman and became a model for the 1910s beauty ideal, The Gibson Girl Look.

Known For

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Sunset Boulevard
Anna Q. Nilsson
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Hollywood
Anna Q. Nilsson
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
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An American in Paris
Kay Jansen (uncredited)
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Adam's Rib
Mrs. Poynter (uncredited)
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They Died with Their Boots On
Mrs. Taipe (uncredited)
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Show Boat
Seamstress (uncredited)
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In the Good Old Summertime
Woman with Harp (uncredited)
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The Luck of the Irish
Ruth Warren
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The Regeneration
Marie Deering

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